Evaluating the HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury Program / Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury, Board on Health Care Services ; Jill Eden and Rosemary Stevens, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eden, Jill.

Stevens, Rosemary, 1935-

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury.

United States. Department of Health and Human Services.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury Program.

Brain damage--Patients--Rehabilitation--United States.

Brain damage.

Brain damage--Patients--Services for--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

326 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Evaluating the Health Resources and Services Administration Traumatic Brain Injury Program

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A traumatic brain injury (TBI)-a brain injury caused by a sudden jolt, blow, or penetrating head trauma that disrupts the function of the brain-can happen to anyone. The effects of a TBI vary from person to person, depending on the force dynamics of injury and the patient's anatomy and physiology. People with TBI-related disabilities and their family members and caregivers need comprehensive, coordinated, person-centered systems of care that attend to their changing needs long after their acute injury has been treated medically. At least 5.3 million Americans are estimated to have a TBI-related disability. The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) TBI Program, initially authorized by the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-106) and reauthorized by the Children's Health Act of 2000 is a modest federal program with broad ambitions: a $9 million grants program aimed at motivating states to create systems improvement on behalf of persons with TBI with disabilities and their families. In 2004, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) questioned the effectiveness of the HRSA TBI Program, noting that there had been no regular independent evaluations of the program's effects on TBI patients and their families. To address these concerns, HRSA contracted with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the spring of 2005 to conduct a study: (1) to assess the impact of the HRSA Program on how state systems are working or failing to work in support of individuals with TBI; and (2) to advise HRSA on how it could improve the program to best serve individuals with TBI and their families. The IOM appointed an 11-member Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury to perform the study. This report presents the IOM Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury's assessment of the HRSA TBI Program's impact and recommendations for improving the program.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables

Preface

Executive Summary

1 Overview of the HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury Program

2 Epidemiology and Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury- An Invisible Disability

3 Service Needs and Sources of Funding and Supports for People with TBI-Related Disabilities

4 Assessment of the HRSA TBI Program

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A Methods of the Study

APPENDIX B Interview Guide Developed by the IOM Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury with the Assistance of Holly Korda, Ph.D.

APPENDIX C State TBI Programs and Protection and Advocacy Systems: Characteristics and Accomplishments, by State

APPENDIX D Profiles of TBI Initiatives in Seven States

APPENDIX E Stakeholders Assess the HRSA TBI Program: A Report on National Interviews and Interviews in Seven States

APPENDIX F Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610742318

9780309164689

0309164680

9781280742316

1280742313

9780309657303

030965730X

OCLC:

923276481